Why blindboxes? Blame a misspent youth collecting trading cards. I think it boils down to the excitement of discovery. I want to be able to share that. I also wouldn't be doing this unless I thought each piece was equally interesting. Airbrushed silver Monster Kolor base (the shiniest silver paint I've ever worked with), covered with Monster Kolor C-thru, purple pearl for sheen, and high-gloss clear coat. I even did a chase figure: C-thru Smoke instead of color, and a generous helping of MK Holographic flakes. It's spendy paint, so I traditionally use it sparingly. Not on that one!

These nine little guys are still on track for sale at 6:00 Pacific tonight. I didn't realize there is a Glyos drop a half hour later. I'll be there for that one too.

Huge thanks again to Nik Sardos for being a willing collaborator, and the Gaspars for making OMFG a reality.

Nifty, but I really wanted the detail on this awesome sculpt to stand out, and glitter plastic isn't known for doing that. A rub seemed ideal to bring out the sculpt, while still showing some nifty glitter.

Deciding I wanted him to look like a well-loved vintage toy, I set to work.

Instead of my usual Monster Kolor base coat, I went with a rattle-can of black Krylon. The spray-paint doesn't come off as easily, and would add another layer to the rub that I would have to work through to get to the glitter.

After covering with the spray paint, I set to work with the Monster Kolor. Standard Red blended with Brown and Green from the then-just-released military set got the colors I wanted.

The turpentine rub worked nicely, with the Monster Kolor coming off easily on the raised areas, and more effort needed to get the Krylon gone. The result is a nice contrast to the layers, with the glitter as the chewy-nougat center.

But then I wrecked it, apply waaaaay too much Monster Kolor dullcoat. Which turned the dullcoat into a glosscoat.

I tried several different clear matte finishes to try and take away the sheen, but I'vew never gotten back to the finish in the picture at the top. It remains on my shelf, mocking me with it's almost-but-not-quite-ness. (I'm tempted to strip it completely and start over, but I really do like the paint job, I just didn't stick the landing.)

Thursday, January 2, 2014

I talked Nikolos Sardos into letting me paint some of his new creation, Tencan! The adorable little mutant trashpile is part of Outlandish Mini Figure Guys Series 3. If you're new to them, do check them out. A whole line of community-created plastic figures, in the spirit of MUSCLEs and Monster in My Pocket.

I wanted to do something special for this figure, and what would be better than rusty cans? Nothing! To get the effect I wanted, I headed for the Monster Kolor. But instead of a usual start-to-end airbrush job, I did something I haven't done in years: Drybrushing!

First, a nice multi-colored basecoat of metallic and flat oranges and reds:

Then to the brushing! I added several layers of metallic silvers, going from dark to light with a big paintbrush:

THe silver drybrushing only hit the high spots, leaving nice rusty details in all the concave areas, and really brining out the charm of the sculpt. I topped them off with a tiny bit of iridescent blue, and they're good to go!

I did a run of five, each one slightly different. Signed and numbered, with a matching card.

They will go up for sale here, Saturday at 1:00 Pacific. Limit one each, $12 shipped. Oogle more pictures after the break: